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Grayson County proclaims April 2026 Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month; CASA highlights 2025 services
Summary
County Judge Bruce Dossi proclaimed April 2026 Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month and representatives from CASA and the Grayson County Children’s Advocacy Center outlined 2025 service figures and upcoming events.
County Judge Bruce Dossi on the court’s March meeting proclaimed April 2026 as Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in Grayson County, urging residents, schools, faith groups and agencies to work together to protect children.
The proclamation, read by Judge Dossi, cited statewide and local figures and called for collective prevention efforts. "Now, therefore, I Bruce Dossi, County Judge, do hereby proclaim April 2026 as Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month in Grayson County, Texas," the judge said while presenting the proclamation to representatives from CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Grayson County.
At the podium a CASA board representative, who identified herself as a CASA advocate and the board of directors president, summarized the nonprofit’s 2025 work. She said CASA had 64 volunteers (46 trained advocates), delivered 7,617 instances of advocacy and provided 6,134 hours of direct service to children, and served 126 children in 2025. The speaker listed permanency outcomes for the year — 36 children who found permanency, 17 adopted through foster care, three adopted by relatives and 16 reunified with their families — and said CASA is now serving every Grayson County child in foster care.
The CASA representative also noted that of the 87 children then in care, 27 resided in Grayson County and that about 69% of placements were outside the county (including Dallas area and locations as far away as Houston, San Antonio, West Texas, Arkansas and Colorado). She named local and regional staff by role, including Executive Director James Hamilton and Program Director Wanda Kaufman, and thanked volunteers and partner agencies.
A representative of the Grayson County Children’s Advocacy Center described the center’s role in forensic interviews and multidisciplinary coordination, saying those services help gather accurate information while reducing trauma for victims and support law enforcement and prosecutors as cases move forward. "When systems move together, children are better protected and outcomes are stronger," the representative said, urging continued education and vigilance.
Commissioners and meeting participants praised the organizations’ work. Judge Dossi and several commissioners thanked CASA volunteers and the advocacy center and encouraged residents to attend upcoming events the CASA representative mentioned, including a Go Blue Day on April 10 and a volunteer training conference with Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) training scheduled for mid-April.
The court’s recognition is ceremonial and does not itself change county programs or funding; commissioners and agency speakers emphasized partnership, prevention education and referral pathways for suspected abuse as priorities going forward.
